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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, May 5,2014 Page 8 to provide expertise and perhaps even involvement of staff from area watershed districts to make a stronger and better ordinance going forward. Planning Commissioner Cunningham also suggested reviewing trees as natural sound barriers and for privacy, citing the recent redevelopment occurring at the University of Northwestern as an example. Councilmember McGehee concurred, also suggesting climate change issues and how that may impact types of trees in the area and consideration of potential in- festation issues suggesting diversity in planting. Planning Commissioner Murphy arrived at this time, approximately 7:20 p.m. Chair Gisselquist suggested that staff add the tree preservation ordinance to the 2014 Planning Commission work plan. Planned Unit Development(PUD) Councilmember Willmus advised that he brought this topic forward when meeting in the context of one of the last proposals before the Commission: rezoning from LDR-1 to LDR-2, which he found himself struggling with and requested zoning changes. While the Commission and City Council are often handed a plat, from his perspective, Councilmember Willmus opined that this was contrary to what they actually needed to look at: what was the highest use for the zoning being cre- ated. Noting that the Commission had also struggled with that during their delib- eration, Councilmember Willmus asked that further consideration be given during the process to protecting the neighborhood and whether there were any conflicts within current code, identifying and flagging them throughout City Code. Coun- cilmember Willmus questioned whether or not the City was ready to proceed with PUD's, suggesting more discussion was needed at the City Council level before handing it back to the Planning Commission. Councilmember McGehee opined that PUD's should have been in the City's toolbox all along, as proposed as an alternative by the Roseville Citizen's League many years ago; and suggested a copy of that recommendation be made available for reference during future discussions. In general, Councilmember McGehee opined that it would have been appropriate for the Dale Street Project to develop as a PUD versus rezoning little sections as pursued. When talking about ponds versus trees, and the best use of land, Councilmember McGehee opined that a PUD was often the best tool to achieve that. Councilmember McGehee refer- enced Attachment A, Section 1008.05 (Required Standards) and its vague lan- guage that created problems, and questioned the role and make-up of the Design Review Committee (DRC) in interpreting code as to what was significant and mi- nor, with no exterior guidelines provided. Councilmember McGehee opined that this PUD seemed to trump language of underlying zoning in shoreland areas, which she opined was not true or how it should be used if any attention was paid